1. ECOZONES AND THE REGIONS OF CANADA
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

2. WHAT IS A REGION?
A region is an area which has similar characteristics or features that can be sorted..
For example:
Landforms
Climate
Vegetation
Soil
Human Activity

3. Canada is such a large and diverse country, that detailed organization of information is needed.
One way that geographers organize this information is by creating regions.

4. WHAT IS AN ECOZONE?
Ecozones are large regions where living things such as, people and the physical environment work together as a system.
The study of ecozones looks at how human activities interact with the natural environment within a particular region.

5. WHY ARE ECOZONES CREATED?
Ecozones are used to study the interaction between human activities and the natural environment within a particular region.
There are both terrestrial (land) and maritime (water) ecozones.
For our study, we will be focusing on the terrestrial ecozones.

7. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Ecozones help us with: Where to build cities
Transportation routes
Agriculture (growing seasons, soil types, drainage, etc.)
…and much more!

8. ECOZONES AND YOU! Use the maps on the next pages to help!
Throughout this part of the unit, you will be working with a partner as you create a package of information to present to the class about your ecozone!
Your ecozone will highlight a variety of human elements (e.g. resources, settlements, etc.) as well as the physical elements of:
Landforms
Climate
Soil
Vegetation
Use the maps on the next pages to help!

9. LANDFORM REGIONS
OF CANADA

10. CLIMATE REGIONS
OF CANADA

11. SOIL REGIONS
OF CANADA

12. VEGETATION REGIONS
OF CANADA

13. RECOMMENDED READING Textbook: Landforms: p.50-53
Climate: p.56-61, (climate graphs), and 64-65
Soil: p.67-69
Vegetation: p.72-77